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Title: 1x04 "Act Of Contrition"


goth willow fan - January 30, 2005 01:28 PM (GMT)
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After a flight deck accident kills 13 pilots and wounds many others, Kara is thrust into service as a flight instructor and ordered to turn a group of civilian pilots and academy washouts into full-fledged Viper pilots.

The assignment brings back painful memories for Kara. She can't forget how she let Zak — Commander Adama's son and her lover — pass Basic Flight when he wasn't ready, and how it ultimately cost him his life. Determined never to repeat the mistake, she flunks out the would-be pilots on their first day.

She is immediately confronted, first by Lee, then by Adama, and forced to admit to the Commander her role in Zak's death. Adama orders her to continue training the "nuggets." Meanwhile, Sgt. Hadrian continues her investigation into the detonators found in Sharon's spacecraft, and President Roslin consults the ship's doctor about her cancer.

Far away on Cylon-occupied Caprica, Sharon and Helo find a secret cache of food.

LoobiLou - February 17, 2005 03:44 PM (GMT)
Can't talk, got to watch ep 5! :o

willowroolz - July 25, 2005 09:43 AM (GMT)
I've been madly rewatching the first season again over the weekend and just had to comment on this ep. The acting between Edward James Olmos and Katee Sakhoff when Adama confronts Kara about Zak is just amazing. It's been great watching all the episodes in such quick succession, without the waiting and interminable Sky ad breaks. I'm seeing the series in a new light. As much as I enjoyed it first time around I'm now coming to believe what some of you have said to me about this being one of the best first seasons ever. That scene, more than any other, brought it home to me. Olmos is one of the most powerful actors I've seen on tv. His expression barely changes, but the look in his eyes... :o :fear:

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

TV Yank - February 18, 2008 03:57 AM (GMT)
Except for the framing shots of Starbuck in the flat spin and the doomed pilots celebrating on the flight deck, I found myself bored at several points in the early part of this show.

It didn't help that Katee didn't manage to suggest the overbearing drill sargeant. She should have been required to watch Lou Gossett in AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN.

But last quarter of the episode made up for the rest of it. Especially in the dramatic scene where Starbuck confesses to her leniency towards the Commander's son, indirectly leading to his death. Simple dialog, direction, and acting. Simply wonderful.

And then there's the special-effects dogfight with Starbuck's ejection into... I'll have to rent the next disk to find out what.




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